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Hey Betty, so I fell into your website a few times, and this once I’m browsing. Girl, you have some amazing recipes, really. As most of your international fans, I too have the “Lost in translation” issue. This dish up here sounds amazing and easy to make, but the various sauces I’m not familiar with. Any thoughts? Thank you!

We have some of the best Thai food in the Northest right here in Connecticut and I have been looking for a recipe that matches the great Thai chefs of this area. I CAN HONESTLY SAY THIS RECIPE IS BETTER THAN ANY DRUNKEN NOODLE I HAVE HAD IN ANY RESTURAUNT!! When I took the first bite, I just couldn’t believe how good the dish was. It is so hard to duplicate what the great chefs create, but this recipe exceeded any and all expectations. Thanks!!

The Encore at the Wazuzu is our favorite place to eat. My nephew’s favorite meal in Vegas was Chef Jet Tila’s “Drunken Noodles” and he is going back to Vegas this year to get the same thing. So glad to see this recipe on the interent, so I can try it at home until we get back there. We live in Florida and only get to Vegas about once every two years. Can’t wait that long to taste it again. Wish me luck.

I made this, I loved this and I recommend it strongly. I did modify one thing though. Instead of fish sauce I used a mushroom flavored soy sauce and instead of black soy I used regular Kikkoman soy sauce ( because thats what I had with me at the time) Also don’t forget the black pepper it really brings everthing into perfect harmony. Thank you for this recipe. April

Apart from Thai basil, you can use holy basil with this dish and very often finely chopped chilies and garlic mix is used instead of just garlic alone to increase the spiciness. Frankly, I have seen Kee Mow with holy basil more often than Thai bail where I live. It’s a common dish as Pad Thai.

Unless I’ve got eyestrain from too much computer time, I see some ingredients in the picture, namely, green onions and what looks like yellow cherry tomatoes, that I don’t see in the ingredients list. ???

This is the recipe that Chef Jet provided. In my opinion, all great chefs improvise slightly each time they make a dish — did you watch the accompanying video? That will help you create your own interpretation of this wonderful recipe. Others have had success with this recipe and I hope you will as well if you choose to try it.

Hi Jay, Then why not add green onions or shrimp? It’s the sauce combination that has more to do with this recipe than the meat. You know, when you go to a restaurant and you have the choice of ____ Noodles with chicken, beef or shrimp?

Hi Linda, Wish I could help… I’ve never been to Houston. If you have a large Asian community, why not start there?

Once again, I’d just like to thank Chef Jet Tila for taking the time to shoot this video with me and providing his wonderful recipe.

Made this tonight and used regular light soy sauce instead of sweet soy sauce. I have to admit it was way too salty. Perhaps from not using sweet soy? The thai basil i used was from a jar- all i could get on short notice. How would you suggest to modify this to give it a little kick? I have some chili paste. Think that would blend in ok? Other than being too salty it was kind of plain, not as good as what I’ve had in restaurants.

Chef Jet added thai chilies to the dish when he prepared it for me. I’m sorry it was too salty for your taste, it may have something to do with the regular soy and not sweet soy, although April (a commenter above) said she used regular soy and thought it was wonderful.

My best advice is to use this recipe as a guide, as with all recipes, and change the ingredients and amounts to suite your tastes. I feel very fortunate that Chef Jet Tila shared this recipe and his afternoon with me.

Tasty. Although was confused by the recipe, wasn’t sure if they meant regular white onions or scallions as pictured. Also had to add brown sugar and chili sauce as most other drunken noodles recipes called for it.

My bf and I made this and it tasted just like what we get from a Thai Restaurant! We substituted fish sauce with light soy sauce and sweet soy sauce with soy sauce with some sugar in it because we didn’t have either on hand at the time. It was delicious and tasted just like the real deal! Thanks Chef Jet Tila for your amazing recipe and Betty for posting this! :)

This is the BEST drunken noodle recipe there is. There is a place that is near where I live and it taste just like their recipe. I misplaced my printed copy and had to look it up. While in process I saw a video with the chef using ginger. I am not sure how the recipe will taste with ginger because as it stands, it is absolutely perfect. Thank you so much for posting this so many years ago. P.S., Made this for years before I realized that there was actually a real black soy sauce. I had been using the regular stuff at home and needed to do a lot of tweaking at the end to get just the right flavor but once I added the black soy sauce, it was dead on perfect with no adjustments needed other than to use brown sugar vs. white sugar.

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